The Nutrition and Diabetes Area of the Arturo Oñativia Hospital and the Pandis group (parents of adolescents and diabetic children of Salta) will issue the self -care workshop for people with diabetes and the general public today, Wednesday, Wednesday, September 27, at 10 am at 10 amThe morning, in the auditorium of the health center.
The free workshop, open to all audiences, with registration, seeks to motivate a space for awareness, awareness and dissemination of healthy habits and behaviors, as a central strategy against the problem of patients with type 1 diabetes and type 2, reduce prevalenceof risk factors, mortality from acute and chronic complications and improve access and quality of care.
The theme “Nutritional labeling: how to choose food” will be presented, with the objective of training people in interpretation and reading of the contents of food products that are usually acquired.These compounds appear in the packages or packages of the merchandise and should be analyzed by diabetic patients and consumers, to promote healthy eating.
Self -care is defined as the practice of activities that individuals carry out in favor of themselves to maintain life, health and well -being.
Type 1 diabetes or also known as youth diabetes, is a metabolic disease characterized by a selective destruction of beta cells of the pancreas causing absolute insulin deficiency.
It differs from type 2 because it is a type of diabetes characterized by giving in early life, usually before 30 years.Only 1 in 20 diabetic people have type 1 diabetes, which occurs more frequently in young people and children.Insulin administration in these patients is essential.
Type 2 diabetes is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by hyperglycemia (high blood sugar level) in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin lack;In contrast to type 1 diabetes, in which there is an absolute lack of insulin due to the destruction of pancreatic islets.